Music origin

The origin of musicals can be traced back to operettas, comedies and minstrels in the19th century.

Early musicals did not have a fixed script, and even included acrobatics, circus and other elements. Since 1927, "The Boat of Performing Arts" began to focus on words, and musicals began to enter its golden age. Musicals in this period often advocate optimistic thoughts and often end in happy comedies.

Before rock music and TV became popular in the 1960 s, musicals were the most popular entertainment and performing arts in the United States. /kloc-After the 1980s, music performances in West End of London, England flourished and caught up with the grand occasion of Broadway.

Later, French musicals (such as Les Miserables [later translated into English], Starry Dreams and Starry Sky, The hunchback of Notre Dame, Romeo and Juliet, The Little Prince, etc.). ), German musicals (such as Elizabeth, Vampire Dance, Butterfly Dream, Rudolph, etc. ) and written in other languages.

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Compared with opera:

Different from opera, musicals often use some different types of pop music and musical instruments. Dialogue without music accompaniment can be allowed in musicals; Musicals have no tradition of opera, for example, there is no distinction between recitation and aria, and the singing method is not necessarily bel canto.

However, many scholars still dispute the boundary between musicals and operas. For example, Bogey and Beth composed by Gershwin was once called opera, folk opera and musical. Some musicals, such as Les Miserables, are accompanied by music from beginning to end, and some operettas, such as Carmen, have dialogues.

Musicals generally have more dance elements than operas, and early musicals were even song and dance performances without scripts. Although Richard Wagner, a famous opera composer, put forward Gesamtkunstwerk in the middle of19th century, he thought that music and drama should be integrated.

But in Wagner's musical drama, music still dominates. In contrast, drama and dance elements in musicals are more important.

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